On winter mornings in Florida, when the air is cool and the springs steam like cauldrons, enormous gray shadows drift silently beneath the surface. These are manatees, the so‑called sea cows that tourists coo over and boaters are warned to avoid, but behind their gentle reputation lies a bundle of scientific surprises. Biologists are ...
Sunrise crowds and afternoon beachgoers have noticed it: dorsal fins slicing through glossy swells from Florida to Cape Cod, showing up again and again where families swim and anglers cast. The pattern feels new, but the story stretches far deeper into the water column than a viral clip can show. Scientists are racing to decode ...
In a marvelous twist of fate, a gigantic 302-pound loggerhead sea turtle nicknamed Pennywise survived a horrific boat strike on the Atlantic side of Florida, only to reveal an astonishing secret during her medical examination. Because of her unusual size, veterinary equipment couldn’t be used on her, so she had an atypical CT scan at ...
